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Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

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LIPLIOL'HOI FILED FEB. 28, 1908. BEIHWED AUG. 14, 1908.

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UNITED sfrATns PATENT OFFICE..

PHILIP HUFELAND, O'F NEW YORK, N. Y., 'ASSGNOR T() SOLOMON R. HALLEY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application led February 28, 1906, Serial No. 303,382. Renewed August14, 1908. Serial No. 448,613.

To all whom it may concern:

j Be it known that I, PHILIP HUFELAND, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented a `certain new and useful Improvement inBook-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to book-holders, and has for one object theprovision of simple, strong, and `efficient means for detachablyconnecting books, magazines, catalogues, and the like to the supportingmeans.

yAnother object is to connect and disconnect the books, etc., to andfrom the holder without removing the shelves or either of them.

Another object is to allow the holder to tilt downward at its freeextremity when it is in position for use.

Another object is to relieve the shelves of the side pressure of thebooks, etc.'

Other objects will appear hereinafter.v

The invention consists of features of construction, and combinations ofdevices hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The invention is embodied in the apparatus illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation, with the parts in normal position; Fig. 2 is a like view, butwith the book turned over and open; Fig. 3 is a plan view, on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan view, with parts omitted or broken away;Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the plane 5 5 of Fig. 4:; Fig. 6is a perspective view of a hinge and clamp member; Fig. 7 is a verticalsectional view of the head; F ig.V 8` is a view on line 8 8 of Fig. 7;Fig. 9 is a vertical sec` tional view of the head; Fig. l() is a view onthe plane 1.0 10 of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional longitudinalview, with parts broken away or omitted.

In the drawings, the reference character a designates a rod which ispreferably round where exposed, and b denotes a ead in which said rod isswiveled by means of a ball c, fast on the rod, and the opening d in thehead. The head b is made in two parts, b1 and b2, which are united byscrews c. The part b1 is pinned to a vertical shaft f, which shaft ismounted in bearings in the bracket g, which may be secured to a verticalsurface, or yto a horizontal surface, according as it is provided with aflange It which is parallel to or at right angles to, the shaft f.

The half-head1)1 is socketed atc' internally to receive and allow `playto the end of shaft a, which is preferably reduced and which projectsfromthe ball c, and said shaft-end has a double arm, cl and c2,.fastenedthereon. The ends of the said arms, k1 and 7a2, are curved to fit theinner surface of the said socket c'. (See Fig. 8.) At the top of thesocket 'el is a cross-groove Z, of a width such that the wide arm clcannot enter it, while the narrow arm 7a2 may enter it. (See Figs. 8 and10, respectively.) The half-heads b1` b2 are cut away to allow the rod ato tilt whenever the arm k2 enters the groove Z, as shown in Fi 9.

The shaft f has a collar m adjustably connected thereto by a set screwn, and the collar has a` stop-arm 0 thereon forcoaction with` a stop ponthe bracket g to limit the swinging motion of the rod a. The stop armomay be adjustable in position on the shaft, if desired, to suit rightand left hand swings for the rod a.

The rod a has two sleeves g adjustably connected thereto by set screwsr, so that said sleeves may be adjustable along the rod to suit books ofdifferent lengths. The reference s marks fiat arms secured to the saidsleeves g, said arms beine' slotted longitudinally at t. At u, the saislots t are enlarged for a purpose presently to appear. The reference e'marks hinge-members provided with ears w bent to embrace the edges ofthe said arms s, and marks clamping screws `which pass through the saidslots t and engage with threaded holes in the members o, and which bindthe said hinge-members 'v to the arms s. Obviously, the saidhingemembers o may be adjusted along and be secured in any position onthe arms s.

The reference y marks hinge-members which are connected to the members cby the rods e, and 2 marks shelves or covers which are held by thehinge-1nembers y. The members c are provided with presserfeet or guards3 which are adapted to bear against the sides of the book or books, orother matter 4, to relieve the hinges proper of the outward pressuretherefrom, thus causing the covers 2 to hang straight down when theparts are in normal position.

The book is held or retained in placefby one or more blades or plates 5,which are pivotally connected at both ends, preferably, to earners 6,the carrier-ends being split to receive the blades, and pins 7 beingused to connect the blades and the carriers. The carriers 6 may be ofany convenient shape or form, but it is preferred,L in order to bringthe arms s over the ends of the books, to form the said carriers asshown, towLt, with off-set ends, 6X Gy, joined by transverse pieces 62,and to have the end 6X ofva size to about fit the holes u' aforesaid,and to undercut the said part at- 8 so thatit may slide along the slotst, being held in place by the head 9 formed by said undercuts. Thisarrangement is preferred to that wherein the heads 9 engage withV-grooves in the oppos te faces cf the said slots t. Several retainers 5may be used in book-holder, to hold one or more books, parts, orsections, therein, as a catalogue and supplements thereto.

Normally, the rod a and the parts connected thereto lie as indicated inFigs. l, 5, 7 and 8, but on turning the rod and connected parts over orthrough 1800, the parts assume positions similar to those indicated -inFigs. 2, 9 and l0. In the normal -positons of the parts, the book orbooks and the hinged shelves hang down, but in the positions indicatedin Iigs. 2, 9 and 10, the shelves lie out flat, and the books lie openfor inspection or other use, being supported on the shelves. Obviously,if the arms s are adjusted for books of different lengths and it isdesired to have such arms protect the ends of the books in the mannerabove suggested, retainers 5 of proper lengths must be used.

It is noted that the described holder permits the covers to liehorizontal, thereby forming a desk, as it were, to write on. The bookscan be wire-bound, made in sections instead of in one large volume boundwith linen thread. The shelves being stiff and a part of the permanentthing,- books with soft covers may be inserted and removed, and beprotected as well as if they had stiff covers. Samples of cloth, paper,&.c., may be inserted in as many sections as desired. Any book-part,where the book is made in separate parts, may be inserted and removedwithout disturbing others, except, possibly, to remove them temporarly,and in all cases, the shelves are not removed, but are slid out beyondthe holes u, so that the headed retainers may be removed. y

`What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States isl. In a book-holder, the combination of a bracket, arod, a swivel connection between the bracket and the rod, and transversearms on said rod provided with slots, with headed carriers engaging withsaid slotted arms. and a book-retainng bar hinged to said carriers.

2. In a book-holder, the combination of a bracket, a rod, a swivelconnection between said bracket and said rod, and transverse arms onsaid rod provided with longitudinal slots having enlarged head-passingopenings therein, with headed carriers engaging with said slotted arms,a book-retaining bar hinged to said carriers, and hinge-members forshelves also engaging with said slotted arms and movable beyond saidopenings, whereby said booksretainers may be removed and insertedwithout having to remove the shelf or shelves.

8. In a book-holder, transverse longitudinally slotted arms,hinge-members adjustably connected thereto, inside guards orpresser-feet on said hinge-members, and means for detachably connectingbooks with said arms.

Ll. In a book-holder provided with shelves hinged thereto and with meansfor detachably connecting books thereto, guards or presser-feet insidethe hinge-connections for the shelves to take the sidewise thrust of thebook at the back thereof.

5. In a book-holder, transverse slotted arms, off-set carriers havingheads engaging with said slotted arms, and a book-retaining bar hingedto said carriers. y

6. In a book-holder, a round bar one end of which is flattened, a ballon said bar adjacent to said flattened end, and a shell for holding saidball and provided with a key-hole opening for said iiattened end andwith an opening for the round bar, in combination with means forconnecting books and hingmg shelves to said round bar.

7. The combination, in a book-holder, of a rod, a ball thereon andbeyond which the rod projects in each direction, a double arm fast onone end of the rod, the said arms being of unequal widths and havingrounded ends, and a head for receiving said ball and rod and socketed toreceive said arms and provided with a narrow groove to receive thenarrower arm, whereby said rod may tilt in a certain position'thereof.

8. The combination of a flat arm slotted longitudinally, the slot havingenlargements toward each end thereof, hinge-members, clamp'screwsconnecting said members with said slotted arm, and a headed retainer forbooks engaging with said slotted arm, whereby the retainer may beinserted and removed without removing the hnge-member from the arm.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 27 th day of February, A. D. 1906.

PHIL. HUFELAND.

TWitnesses: Y

VILLIAM C. DoRNiN, RICHARD IV. BARKLEY.

